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Public and Private Sector Dynamics in Scaling Up Rice Fortification: The Colombian Experience and its Lessons. BACKGROUND: Fortification of cereal grains with at least iron or folic acid is legislated in 85 countries worldwide. Relative to wheat and maize flour, rice fortification is relatively new and provides an opportunity to deliver essential micronutrients to populations that […]

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Micronutrient Deficiency Control in Vietnam from Policy and Research to Implementation: Keys for Success, Challenges and Lessons Learned. Micronutrient deficiencies are still a public health problem in Vietnam. The Government of Vietnam has taken several steps to improve the situation through issuing supportive policy documents over the last several decades. Food fortification is an important […]

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Lessons drawn from research utilization in the maternal iodine supplementation policy development in Thailand. In this paper, the authors share their experience on evidence utilization in the development of Thailand’s maternal iodine supplementation policy in 2009-2010. Observations and reflections on their experience of engaging with research for policymaking are illustrated. The case study indicates that […]

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J Hum Lact. 1998 Dec;14(4):283-5.

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Albernaz, Elaine; Giugliani, Elsa R. J.; Victora, Cesar G.

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Supporting breastfeeding: a successful experience. This paper relates the success of a study that helped enhance breast-feeding by means of a support group in Southern Brazil. The International Multicenter Growth Reference Study was designed to help WHO develop new growth charts to measure nutritional status of populations and to evaluate individual growth. Southern Brazil was […]

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Weekly iron-folic acid supplementation to improve iron status and prevent pregnancy anemia in Filipino women of reproductive age: the Philippine experience through government and private partnership. With the participation of the government and private sectors in the Philippines, weekly iron-folic acid supplementation introduced within a social marketing framework and a social mobilization campaign successfully improved […]

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Asia Pac J Public Health. 1992-1993;6(2):30-4.

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Durongdej, Somchai; Mangklasiri, Ruchira.

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The managerial process as a key to successful breastfeeding for promoting infant health in Thailand. A strengthening of the managerial process within the health care delivery system can facilitate and encourage successful breastfeeding. This process includes problem-based planning, multidisciplinary team approach, leadership development and generation training. The process has proved to be very successful in […]

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Stability of Vitamin A, Iron and Zinc in Fortified Rice during Storage and Its Impact on Future National Standards and Programs–Case Study in Cambodia. Fortified rice holds great potential for bringing essential micronutrients to a large part of the world population. The present study quantified the losses of three different micronutrients (vitamin A, iron, zinc) […]

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Introducing infant and young child feeding indicators into national nutrition surveillance systems: lessons from Vietnam. A comprehensive set of infant and young child feeding (IYCF) indicators for international use was published in 2008. We describe the process followed to incorporate these indicators into Vietnam’s National Nutrition Surveillance System (NNSS). Following its establishment in 1980, the […]

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Nutr Rev. 2004 Jun;62(6 Pt 2):S40-3.

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Chen, Luis Tacsan; Rivera, Melany Ascencio.

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The Costa Rican experience: reduction of neural tube defects following food fortification programs. Fortification of wheat flour in 1997 and corn flour in 1999 with folic acid among other micronutrients was implemented in Costa Rica by means of two decrees, resulting in an effective public health impact. A prevalence of 25% of folic acid serum […]

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Improving the nutrition quality of the school feeding program (Mid day meal) in India through fortification: a case study. Micronutrient malnutrition is widely prevalent in school children in India. India’s national school feeding program, the Mid-Day Meal (MDM) scheme, is the largest in the world and caters to 120 million children in primary schools. Complementary […]